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| | HISTORY OF LEDE |
 | | A charter of 1025 stipulates that a Sir Othelbold, the abbot of the St. Baafs Abbey, complained near the count of Flanders that count Rainier V of Hainault occupied unlawfully "Leitha" and "Schoonaerde", being considered to belong to the county of Flanders. |
 | | Earlier, in 1581, the Castle of Lede, where resided the Bettes, was destroyed during the anti-religious Revolt of the Beggars. |
 | | By organising the IMCA Worlds at Lede, with racers from 13 different countries and 4 continents in place, the international world may discover that a castle of great historical value can be bought for no money, if some investor has the courage to develop it to a tourist attraction. |
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